Philippines vice president posts bail in threats case

MANILA, Philippines (AP) – Philippines Vice President Sara Duterte posted bail Saturday after an order was issued for her arrest the previous day on charges that she publicly threatened to arrange the assassination of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Key points

• Emerging in a black outfit from Quezon City Regional Trial Court in Metro Manila, Duterte consoled her supporters, hugging a woman who was sobbing as supporters chanted Duterte!
• She pressed journalists to surround her on the way to her car as she did not feel safe.
• "What does this administration really want to do with me?"

What happened

Emerging in a black outfit from Quezon City Regional Trial Court in Metro Manila, Duterte consoled her supporters, hugging a woman who was sobbing as supporters chanted "Duterte! Duterte!"

Meanwhile, the vice president, who has denied the allegations, indicated a court order lifting the arrest warrant issued by the court Friday and stated her lawyers instructed her to keep a copy on hand. She pressed journalists to surround her on the way to her car as she did not feel safe.

"If possible please go with me, because I do not feel safe with all these police personnel who are harassing those at my home, harassing me since 2023, " Duterte remarked. "What does this administration really want to do with me?"

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